Beyond Test Scores : : A Better Way to Measure School Quality / / Jack Schneider.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Schneider, Jack,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 11 line illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. Wrong Answer: Standardized Tests and Their Limitations --; 2. Through a Glass Darkly: How Parents and Policymakers Gauge School Quality --; 3. What Really Matters: A New Framework for School Quality --; 4. But How Do We Get That Kind of Information? Making Use of New Tools --; 5. An Information Superhighway: Making Data Usable --; 6. A New Accountability: Making Data Matter --; Conclusion --; Postscript --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674981157; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674981157
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jack Schneider.

Test scores are the go-to metric of policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the best schools. Yet standardized tests are a poor way to measure school performance. Using the diverse urban school district of Somerville MA as a case study, Jack Schneider’s team developed a new framework to assess educational effectiveness.